Puzzler's Space

Puzzle 1: The Catechism of Want may be understood by all but answered by none. Answer in whatever tongue you find most pleasing, for the Hunger of Many Tongues, Beast of All Languages, shall devour you all the same. As it is has been written, "All shall be consumed by the flame of desire, for Its Will is eternal."

Puzzle 2: A Teacher of Things will tell you the answer may be found in the Temple of Enlightenment, after one meditates on it for twenty days and twenty nights. After giving this utterly useless and quite predictable answer, the noble Teacher will return to her pupils.

A Student of Things will refuse to respond, correctly guessing that such a question is a trap; meant only to confuse, and to identify heretics and charcoal-burners.

A Street-Creature will not answer. The practice of begging is forbidden in six of the Nine Precepts.

Puzzle 3: Again, as it is written, "All shall be consumed by the Flame of Desire, for Its Will is eternal." To be satisfied is to be a snail, lying on the road to be crushed underfoot. By accepting the Flame of Want as your own, the strength is given to subvert your destruction, turning the force of your own dissatisfaction against those who threaten you with it. "The Flame of Desire induces terrible pain in those who hold it. This is why it makes such an excellent light source."